CELESTIA – Frigidiis apotheosia: abstinencia genesiis SLIPCASE cd (shipping next week) – 12€
Much anticipated 2008 album. Shipping next week as soon as we receive the album. LP and Taper version available as soon as they're out.

THOSE OPPOSED RECORDS will handle the official distribution in France of ZEMIAL's forthcoming release:
Face of the conqueror/Necrolatry (lim. DIGIPACK CD)
Pre-orders are open as of now, the scheduled release is end of May/June 2008.
This is a remastered re-release of the LP version of 2006, for the first time on CD format.
It will come on a noble digipack with embossed Zemial logo, 16-page booklet, remastered sound and new liner notes.
Take a look at the following website if you don't know ZEMIAL already:
ZEMIAL on Myspace

These 5 CD releases are the birth manifesto of the DESOLATION PROPAGANDA collection.
All available as regular jewelcase CD and A5 digipack handnumbered to 100 copies with regular booklet.

A special nominative boxset handnumbered to 50 units containing the 5 digipacks + DESOLATION PROPAGANDA logo patch will also be available. 30 out of the 50 boxsets have been reserved through our mailinglist, we only take reservation by e-mail for this one, no advance payment.
Online preorder through the webshop for the A5 digipack versions and regular versions will be available in due time as well. A5 digipacks and the collection boxset are only available through THOSE OPPOSED RECORDS.

LYRINX signs with THOSE OPPOSED RECORDS for the release of their 2009 album, tentatively entitled « Restriction and Failure ».
LYRINX statement :

« It's with great pleasure that we officially announce our signature on a contract for the forthcoming album "Restriction and Failure". We did not rush into this choice and were bombarded with offers which I had to turn down. I do however thank you for your offers, but none were as accomodating and gave the freedom and professionalism which we required.
This unison is my own person middle finger to the commercialistic nature of this business. I cannot stand this culture of black metal underground warriors who are secretly on a plan not far off the really Major labels. Paying for my "fame" is not something I want to take part in.
Some of the Artwork for this release will be done by Håkan of Visions of Suburbia/Total Holocaust Records.
This record will be a very personal and paranoid release, full lyrics will be included.
There will be a run of CDs (Including digi-paks for good measure), Vinyls, and cassettes.
There is no conclusive time-frame for this yet but in 2009 is as good as I can give (And are contractually obligated). The Current working titles for songs are Restriction of Words, Industrial Decay, What truth lies in the past. »

After a few private and published demo recordings, Brooklyn-based Richard BOSSE delivers
his debut album. After an impressive third demo - the first one to be made public - BOSSE
has now taken things to a whole superior level in terms of emotional rendition through the
bleakest form of acoustic funeral folk. All you will find here is melancholy, nostalgia and
voluntary isolation from all that is human. Makes you wonder if this was created by someone
living on the same planet.
This work of seclusion truly is the fiddler’s tune of our funeral to come.

NOX INFERI is the new project of Wraith, mastermind of Australian band NAZXUL, helped
in this dark affair by Lurker on drums (TOIL, ex-VROLOK) and NH on prophetic vocal
rendition (CORPUS CHRISTII).
Ghoulish, apocalyptic and experimental black metal of the highest level.
Feels like you’re the last human contemplating citadels in ruins while rejoicing at the thought
of your own forthcoming decay.
Any form of life has long since then left this putrid cadaver.

Bleak is the adjective chosen by the two entities to name their collaboration. You could not
have thought of a more appropriate term to describe the audial content of this masterpiece.
After a fantastic debut album (re-released by THOSE OPPOSED RECORDS), Australian
AUSTERE contributes three excellent tracks to the split cd with an even stronger emphasis
on the desperate side of their art.

On the other hand, ISOLATION, after three convincing demotapes, contributes three tracks
as well and evolves towards something more pure than ever before. The German band has
now gained a complete identity of their own through what could be called intimist blackened
doom metal with scarce clear voices, e-bow, and remnants of their previous recordings’ harsh
vocals. A very interesting evolution for a band which denies stagnation.

AUSTERE’s debut album finally made available worldwide. AUSTERE means total despair
and contempt through a high-class and well-performed desolate black metal. You will find icy
riffs, harsh vocals and deleterious atmosphere all along this one. Re-released with renewed artwork.

LYRINX debut album finally made available worldwide. British nihilistic black metal born
from the darkest pits. LYRINX’s art is pure desolation made tangible through loud
and harsh black metal with fast parts.
Re-released with new improved artwork, lyrics published for the first time and a 10-minute
bonus track entitled “Reflection of opposites” which is exclusive to this definitive re-release.

NIHDRYM is a new project born from old timers of the underground.
Kosmosophia introduces raw cosmic black metal strongly influenced by the old Polish black
metal scenes and acts such as Veles, Infernum and early Graveland while displaying a strong
identity with eerie, cosmic keyboard passages among other things.
Sounds like it was recorded in some damp basement in the early 90’s.
Vilwolfheim of Sombre Chemin handles the drums and keyboards on the recording.
The demo includes a Legion of Doom covertrack.

Released in 2004 by Sadolust Records on 7"EP, the split material presents the collaborative work of OT
from AKITSA and THESYRE. Three souls united against the current, the politically correct
and the established values of modern society.
It was time to make it available on tape format for those of you who don’t own a vinyl player.

“Two more pieces of work, which Those Opposed Records compile in their
Desolation Propaganda-box, are the brand new contributions of
Germany's Isolation and Australia's Austere to a split CD. And „Bleak"
offers a lot more than just the releases of bands, which fight boredom
in their rehearsal rooms. AUSTERE already set an exclamation mark with
their debut album (see the review in this issue), as well as ISOLATION
guaranteed on all of their three demos to put authentic melancholy
into music. That depressive black metal despite of its simple
ingredients – preferably analogue, slightly blurry production, slow
paced repetitive riffs with engrossed screams – can sound sound very
varied, is clearly demonstrated by both bands. AUSTERE begin just like
that: sagging, slightly blurry, repeating the first riff for minutes
without vocals – but nonetheless impressive, especially more powerful
than on „Withering Illusions and Desolation". ISOLATION close a circle
„From Nowhere… … To Nowhere" in the first song of their part sotto
voce with acoustic guitars, in the final track distorted and in spite
of their depressive aura with a lot of power. „Mosaic" is, what the
name promises. A song made of parts by acoustic and distorted guitars,
duets of guitars and bass, clear vocals and darkest screams, rising
and lapsing tension and retarding momentum. Nonetheless the song gains
from it's sheer length of 16 minutes an epic feeling which ISOLATION
didn't succeed to reach before. Another eye-catcher is the consequently
uniform layout. The bands do not, as often seen, stick to their own
ideas, but collaborate towards a dark, aesthetic and homogenous
appearance. „Bleak" is therefore and due to the performance of both
bands a definitive recommendation for the rainy autumn days.”

Wow, this is ancient. As in, that ‘ancient’ feeling you get when you bear witness to that ever-elusive synthesis of grim atmosphere and stifled violence, just-cosmic-enough synths and rumbling guitar dirt, sophistication and sloppiness, old-soul spirit but paying little credence to ham-handed ‘retro’ convention. And bear witness I did, and bear witness I will. Simply sublime, and the epitome of Mystical Yet Manly Black Metal – you need this NOW.

5.5 [out of 6 points] “
-Nathan Birk

IV - Official distribution HYPOTHERMIA VeinsFrom now on, we are the official distributor of the HYPOTHERMIA Veins CD released in cooperation between Insikt & Konklav.
Don’t know where to get it? Get it from us.

From now on, you'll be able to get ALL Total Holocaust Records releases from Those Opposed. That includes the backcatalogue of the Swedish label as well as their new releases smoking hot from the factory.

THR releases available from us are as follows (only retail orders; trades/wholesales through THR of course):

Some infos about our releases or official distribution, the AUSTERE Withering illusions & Desolation A5 digipack is down to 5 copies, last chance to get one. Also, only 5 copies of the ZEMIAL Face of the conqueror/Necrolatry digipack are left here.